Public support buoys banned Warner
THE road to redemption for suspended Australian cricketer Dave Warner will start with an Arnhem Land trek.
Warner arrived in Darwin yesterday.
Before a Milo cricket clinic with more than 30 youngsters at the Darwin Cricket Club, he said he had been humbled at the public support and was enjoying being the full-time father he could never be while travelling 300 days a year.
“I think the biggest thing for us has been when you are in a routine you can get caught in a bubble,” he said.
“You are not home for long. With an extended period of time you are in a good routine but then it is selfless — kids are a priority — so it’s day care, swimming lessons, gymnastic lessons and then you get your quality time together as parents.
“Candice and I do all those things together. We take them to these things together — pick them up together. I always make sure I am able to do it all the time.
“I am making time now and it is worthwhile. I’ve missed that part where the kids run up to the gate, saying, ‘ mummy and daddy are here’, and I am enjoying and embracing that.
“The support has been fantastic. It is humbling and overwhelming. Sometimes you reflect and wonder do people care about you as a person.
“Sometimes with our society something has to happen for the worst for people to come out and show a lot of support and I think I’ve learned a valuable lesson in this myself for the support I have been given to be on the front foot to help others.”